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Geography and City and Regional Planning

Hongwei Dong

Professor

Geography and City and Regional Planning | 559.278.2890 | Office: S172

hdong@csufresno.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. in Urban Studies (2010), Portland State University
  • M.A. in Regional Economics (2004), Wuhan University, China                                                                                    
  • B.E. in Urban Planning (2001), Wuhan University, China
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Courses Taught

At California State University, Fresno
  • Geog 181/81: Introduction to Urban Planning
  • Geog 167: People and Places
  • Geog 187T: Transportation Planning
  • Geog 143: GIS III (Spatial Analysis and Modeling)

At Portland State University

  • USP 399: Introduction to Urban Transportation Planning
  • USP 510: Seminar: Urban Development and Planning in China
Coming soon!
Dr. Dong’s research focuses on housing and real estate development, transportation and land use, and smart and healthy cities. He has published a number of research articles in top-notch journals and received multiple research grants in these fields, including one from the National Science Foundation.

RESEARCH ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Dong, Hongwei, and J. Andrew Hansz. 2018. Zoning, density, and rising housing prices: A case study in Portland, Oregon. Urban Studies, accepted.

Dong, Hongwei. 2018. The impact of income inequality on rental affordability: An empirical study in large American metropolitan areas. Urban Studies, 55(10), 2106-2122. DOI: 10.1177/0042098017710380

Featured in: Richard Florida. 2017. Income Inequality Is Making Rent Even Less Affordable,CityLab. Link: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/08/how-inequality-and-rents-gotogether/537798/ 

Dong, Hongwei, and B. Qin. 2017. Exploring the Link between Neighborhood Environment and Mental Wellbeing: A Case Study in Beijing, China. Landscape and Urban Planning, 164: 71-80. DOI:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.04.005

Dong, Hongwei. 2017. Transit induced neighborhood change and the affordability paradox of TOD. Journal of Transport Geography, 63, 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.07.001

Dong, Hongwei. 2017. Does walkability undermine neighborhood safety? Journal of Urban Design, 22(1):59-75. DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2016.1247644

Wang, Chih-Hao, and H. Dong. 2017. Responding to the Drought: A Spatial Statistical Approach to Investigating Residential Water Consumption in Fresno, California. Sustainability, 9, 240: 1-15. DOI:10.3390/su9020240

Dong, Hongwei. 2016. If you build rail transit in suburbs, will development come? Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(4): 316-326. DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2016.1215258

Dong, Hongwei, L. Ma, and J. Broach. 2016. Promoting sustainable travel modes for commute tours: a comparison of the effects of home and work locations and employer-provided incentives. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 10(6): 485-494. DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2014.1002027

Dong, Hongwei, and J. A. Hansz. 2016. The Geography of the recent housing crisis: the role of urban form. Housing Policy Debate, 26(1): 150-171. DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2015.1038575

Dong, Hongwei. 2015. Were home prices in new urbanist neighborhoods more resilient in the recent housing downturn? Journal of Planning Education and Research, 35(1): 5-18. DOI: 10.1177/0739456X14560769

Dong, Hongwei, and P. Zhu. 2015. Smart growth in two contrastive metropolitan areas: a comparison between Portland and Los Angeles. Urban Studies, 52(4): 775-792. DOI: 10.1177/0042098014528396

Dong, Hongwei , and Y. Kou. 2014. Critiques and practices of smart cities: a literature review. City Planning Review (In Chinese), 38(11): 52-58.

Zhu, Pengyu, H. Dong, and C. Wu. 2013. Do residents of smart growth neighborhoods in Los Angeles travel "smarter”? Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2397: 61-71. DOI: 10.3141/2397-08

Dong, Hongwei. 2013. Concentration or dispersion? Location choice of commercial developers in the Portland metropolitan area, 2000-2007. Urban Geography, 34(7): 989-1010. DOI:10.1080/02723638.2013.778587

Dong, Hongwei, and J. Gliebe. 2012. Assessing the impacts of smart growth policies on home developers in a bi-state metropolitan area: evidence from the Portland metropolitan area. Urban Studies, 49(10):2219-2235. DOI:10.1177/0042098011422575

Dong, Hongwei, and J. Gliebe. 2011. Forecasting new housing locations in integrated land use models: developer perspective in the Portland, Oregon, region. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2255: 79-90. DOI:10.3141/2255-09

MANUSCIRPTS IN REVIEW/REVISION

Dong, Hongwei, M. Li, M. Perez, and C. Wang. Plan for Healthy Neighborhoods to Improve Mental Wellbeing: A Case Study in Fresno, California.

Dong, Hongwei, and G. Circella. The Adoption of Ride-Hailing in the United States: Evidence from the 2017 NHTS.

Li, Wei, N.P. Rosenheim, H. Dong, M. Boarnet, and H. Zhong. Rail Transit and Economic Growth: Documenting Evidence from a Panel Data Analysis of Eighteen Metropolitan Areas in the United States.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS

Dong, Hongwei, M. Li, M. Perez, C. Wang. Plan Healthy Neighborhoods to Improve Mental Wellbeing: A Case Study in Fresno, California. Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Buffalo, NY, October 25th, 2018.

Dong, Hongwei, M. Li, M. Perez, C. Wang. Plan an Integrated Active Travel and Green Infrastructure System for Mental Wellbeing. Annual Meeting of the International Association for China Planning, Xi’an, China, June 30th, 2018.

Dong, Hongwei. Is density an antidote to the high housing cost in the rising markets? Accepted for presentation at the UK Housing Studies Association Conference, Sheffield, UK, Apr. 2018,

Dong, Hongwei, M. Li, M. Perez, C. Wang. Plan an Integrated Active Travel and Green Infrastructure System for Mental Wellbeing in Disadvantaged Communities through Crowdsourcing Technology. The 2018 NSF Smart and Connected Communities PI Meeting, Kansa City, Mar. 2018.

Dong, Hongwei. Association of mental health with economic inequality & residential segregation – an analysis of neighborhoods in 500 American cities. International Workshop on Urban Resilience Sustainable Development. Shenyang, China, Jun., 2017.

Dong, Hongwei. Does walkability undermine neighborhood safety? The 11th Meeting of International Association for China Planning, Harbin, China, Jun., 2017.

Dong, Hongwei. Transit induced gentrification and the affordability paradox of TOD. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Portland, OR, Nov., 2016.

Dong, Hongwei. Why is rental affordability worsening in large American metropolitan areas? The role of income inequality. The 10th International Association for China Planning, Beijing, China, July, 2016.

Dong, Hongwei. If you build rail transit in suburbs, will development come? Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Houston, TX, Oct., 2015.

Dong, Hongwei , and J. A. Hansz, The Geography of the recent housing crisis: the role of urban form. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Oct., 2014.

Dong, Hongwei and J. A. Hansz. Boom, bust, and recovery: the roles of urban form and land use regulations. American Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Apr., 2014.

Dong, Hongwei. Were home prices in new urbanist neighborhoods more resilient in the recent housing downturn? North America Regional Science Conference, Atlanta, GA, Nov., 2013.

Zhu, Pengyu and H. Dong. Do residents of smart growth neighborhoods in Los Angeles travel "smarter”? Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., Jan., 2013.

Dong, Hongwei, and Pengyu Zhu. Smart growth neighborhoods in Portland and LA: a comparison study. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Nov., 2012.

Dong, Hongwei. Clustered or dispersed? Location decisions of commercial developers in the Portland metropolitan area. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT,Oct., 2011.

Dong, Hongwei, and J. Gliebe. Are developers sensitive to smart growth policies? Evidence from the Portland metropolitan area. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference,Minneapolis, MN, Oct., 2010.

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